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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN.
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J. A. ANSLKY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY,
Office on Public Sqcahe, Oveii Gyles’
. Clothing Store, Americus, Ga.
After a brief respite I return again to the
practice of law. As in the past it will he
my earnest purpose to represent my clients
faithfully and look to their interests. The
commercial practice will receive close atten
tion and remittances promptly made. The
Equity practice, and cases involving titles of
land and real estate are my favorites. Will
practice in tho Courts of South west Georgia,
the Supreme Court and tho United States
Courts. Thankful to my friends for their
patronage. Fees moderate. novlltf
CA.KJD.
1 offer my i>rofessional services again to the
good people of Americus. After thirty years’
of medical service, I have found It difficult
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Price 25 cents per box. jan26wly
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By resolution of the Council, 1 am author
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lars for the arrest, with proof to convict, of
any person or persons injuring or destroy
ing any street lamp. All good citizens are
requested to roport to the Marshal any evi
dence of such destruction.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture. This April 12th, 1883.
aprl4-tf J. B. FELDER, Mayor.
For Sale.
I offer a splendid little 40-acre farm three
quarters a of mile northwest from Americus
Ga. There is on the place a six-room frame
dwelling, the rooms plastered and very com
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outbuildings on the place, and everything
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house. The land lies well for cultivation,
and the soil with ordinary attention could
bo made tq produce profitably; excellent
water on the place. For price and terms,
apply to W. J. DIBBLE,
mar7-tf Real Estate Agent.
City Taxes for 1882.
X hereby warn all persons in the city of
Americus, who have not paid their city
taxes for 1882. that executions have been
placed In my hands against them, and if
they are not paid right away, I shall proceed
to levy against their property, and collect as
the law requires in such cases. Save fur
ther costs by settling at once.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1883.
YOV.'SWW
TIIE CHILD AND TIIG JUDGE.
BY M. W.
A bright little boy with ragged clothes,
And shoes that scarce kept our the snows.
Approached tho judge in his high hacked
chair,
And, bashfully paused a moment there.
“Judge, your honor,” ho said with asigh,
As he slowly raised his childish eye,
“I haven’t done nothingthat’s wrong, I vow,
I always tried to be good, hut now.
“I want to givo myself up like a thief,
Because, I think, ’twill he a relief,
For I don’t want to live, as thereat in the
street,
And learn to swear, to lie and to cheat.”
“No, sir, my mother and father arc dead;
They died when I was a babe, it is said.
So I live with my aunt, who drinks a great
deal,
And beats me because I will not steal.”
“To-day she drove me from her door,
And told mo never to come back more;
And now nobody will take me in,
Because my clothes is ragged and thin.”
X can’t get no work, and I’ve nothing toeat,
Unless 1 beg it or steal it in the street;
lan’t there a place where I can go,
Where they will treat me kindly and I can
grow.
“To be a good, a great and learned man ?
Oh ! please, judge send me there if you can.”
The judge removes liis tear-dimmed glasses.
While o’er his eyes his hand passes.
“I will see, my hoy,” lie kindly said,
"That you want not for learning nor bread.
’Tis a cold, hard world; hut there’s room
for you;
There’s work for honest hands and true.”
A KETTLE OF SOFT SOAP.
MARY B. BRUSH.
1 wish all young women who are
dissatisfied with their peaeelul home
life could have known my heroine.
Elsie Meyer was her name, and a hun
dred years ago she lived in the Mo
hawk valley.
Hither had her father and mother come
from Germany a year or two before
Elsie was born. A rude hut had been
the first home, hut Martin Meyer work
ed hard, and when Elsie was just grow
ing to womanhood he built anew house
for his family.
True, it was of logs, with the mossy
bark still clinging to them; but it was
stoutly built, and had a good roof aud
a substantial chimney. The inside
walls were made warm with a thick plas
tering of clay. The four small windows
were protected by heavy oaken shut
ters, and tho two doors, massivo in
structure, were well secured by bolts
and bars.
Scarcely was tlio house finished ore
the vague rumors which had been float
ing about for some time turned into
stern realities. War waß declared be
tween Great Britain and America. Of
course tho valley in which the Meyers
lived would, like every other frontier,
he subject to frequent invasion of the
enemy.
Poor Frau Meyer, however, escaped
all coming dangers, for just about this
tiino sho died giving birth to her fourth
child. For a time the husband was
prostrated by grief; then the fast-ap
proaching dangers and the duty of
caring for liis family compelled him to
lay aside his sorrow and to tako up
again the responsibilities of life.
His daughter Elsio was his great
lieip and comfort. Barely seventeen
years old was she, yet the household
machinery went on as smooth as dur
ing her mother’s life. The spinning
and weaving, the baking and brewing,
the watching over the ten-year-old
twins and little baby Lizzie, wero all
done most faithfully. •
Very little time had Elsie to spend
at the quiltings, husking bees and
other festive gatherings of the primi
tive days. But, although so seldom
mingling with the young people of the
valley, her company was eagerly sought
by many a gay gallant.
And no wonder, for Elsie was in
deed a pretty maiden, tall and straight,
with a lithe, graceful figure, clear rod
aud white complexion, soft hlse eyes
and with the thick braidaof hair about
her shapely head as bright as sunshine.
Frotty and gentle, tidy and indus
trious, she did not lack for suitors; but
to Nicholas Stelly, an honest young
farmer, was her heart given. Then
the cruel war separated them, as it did
many others, and Elsie’s betrothed
marched away to fight for liberty.
“Father,” said Elsio, ono morning
as they sat down to breakfast—“father,
the meal is nearly out.”
“Arch !—so ?” said Herr Meyer, as
he took another spoonful of snpaan.
“Well, to-day I will take two bags of
corn down to the mill and have them
ground. Thinkest thou wilt be afraid
to stay at home alone with the kinder?”
“Oh, no !” was Elsie’s reply. “There
are no Indians about—are there ?”
“Oar scouts report none. However,
tho redskin is a wily reptile, and there’s
no knowing when ho’s lurking in the
grass. I like not leaving you alone;
still, I might get the meal to-day as
well as at any time. It ii cloudy, and,
should it rain, I could do no harvesting.
I will start rightaway.”
And accordingly, fifteen minutes
later, Ilerr Meyer joggled away on his
old brown horse, with a big sack fast
ened panier-like on either side; and
Elsie, after she hud seen his figure van
ish over tho hill, wont back to her
housework.
“What a pity it rains !” she said to
herself, half an hour later. "I-did in
tend making my soap to-day. It is
timo that it was done. Frau Weber”
and Frau Heine, as well as many of
tho other women, have theirs made,
and iurely I do not want them to think
me a lazy housewife 1 The lyo is ready
and tho soap-grease, too; and if father
were here and the weather fine, 1 would
have the big kettle swinging out in the
yard. As it is, I believe I will try and
make it in the fireplace. Ilans, you
watch little Liza; and you Peterkin,
take a pail and draw tho lye out of the
leaching-barrcl.” And with a busy,
bustling housewifely air, Elsie set
about her day’s work.
Rinds of pork, hits of tallow-candles,
and all the odds and ends of grease
that had accumulated during the year,
were tossed into tho big black kettle,
and as soon as they were tried out, dip
perfuls of lye were gradually poured in.
Outside the rain poured down steadi
ly all day. Late in the afternoon, how
ever, a brisk western breeze swept away
mist and vapor, and redeemed the dull
gray sky by a gorgeous golden sunsot.
When its bright rav illumined tho
panes of the window, Elsie turned from
the fireplace saying:
“There ! It doesn’t need anything
more only to boil slowly. Peterkin,
you see that it doesn’t run over, though
there’s no danger unless tho fire starts
up. Hans, you stir the cradle while I
run down to tho Bpring and get a pail
of water.”
And a minute later Elsio was trip
ping down the little footpath leading
to the spring. As she held the pail
under the flowing water she was star
tled at hearing a Blight noise near her.
She glanced nervously around her.
Again she heard tho noise a rustling
—then a hoarse whisper:
“Elsie ! Elsio!”
Broken and unnatural as its accents
were, Elsie knew tho voice, and im
petuously she sprang toward the chump
of bushes whence it proceeded.
There, stretched on tho damp ground,
was the form of a young man, whose
face was pale and haggard, and whose
clothes were torn and travel-stained.
“Oh, Nicholas !” cried Elsie, falling
on her knees beside him and pressing
her lips to his brow, “how came you
here ? Ah, you arc wounded !” as she
saw blood-stains on his garments.
“Don’t be frightened, sweetheart;
really, it’s nothing serious. It is only
a slight wound, though, to be sure, it
has caused mo much inconvenience.”
“But how did it happen, and why
are you here ? I thought you were
twenty miles down the valley.”
“I was, yesterday morning. But
never mind now. I’ll toll you all
about it as soon as I get to the house.
Call your father.”
“Father isn’t there.”
An expression of dismay overspread
Nicholas’ face.
“What! Are you indeed alone?”
•‘There are only the children. Father
will bo home to-night, though.”
Her lover groaned.
“And then it will be too late. Those
red fiends were to he here at sunset.
Even now they may be within a stone’s
throw of us.”
“Oh, Nicholas! Do you mean In
dians?” and Elsie’s face grew white.
“Then we must get to the house as
soon as we can. Here, take my hand
and I’ll help you.”
With a great effort Nicholas strug
gled to his feet—or rather one foot, for
the other was wholly disabled—and
partly hobbling and partly crawling, he
worked his way along the path.
llow long the distance seemed to El
sie’s beating heart! Every instant she
expected to hear the yells of the enemy.
At last—oh, heaven he thanked!—
they reached the house, but when scarce
ly inside the door, Nicholas fainted
from pain and exhaustion.
I’eterkin and Hans uttered shrill
cries of terror at his pale face, prostrate
form and bloodstained garments. But
Elsie had no time to give way to lier
emotions. Telling Peterkin to place a
pillow under Nicholas’ head, she imme
diately set to work to secure tho house
in case of attack by the Indians. The
two thick doors were bolted and barred
the shutters drawn to and fastened, and
then her father’s two muskets taken
down and tho priming examined.
Then after one peep through the
loophole to see that there was no enemy
in sight, she brought a basin of water,
a soft towel and a fiask of spirits, and,
kneeling down beside her lover, tried
to restore him to consciousness again.
In a few minutes he revived and was
able to speak.
“Now tell me your adventures,” said
Elsie, anxiously.
“Briefly, then, for we must be think
ing of tho danger that threatens us; the
soldiers at tho lowor fort received or
ders yesterday to go out and drive
away a small party of Indians who were
prowling about, destroying cattle and
trying to capture stray persons. Cap
tain Brown, with a dozen men, myself
among the number, started out. We
anticipated an easy victory, for our
scout had said that there were not more
than six or eight of the enemy. But
when he tracked them we found double
that number. Still, we would have
conquered them, had it not been for an
accident. While crossing, single file,
a email stream spanned by a huge fall
en log, the latter gavo way; for, un
known to us, the branches fastening it
to the other bank had been cut by the
enemy, and we were suddenly precipita
ted into the wator. This occasioned
only merriment, until we discovered
that our enemy, hidden in the bushes,
were pouring a deadly fire in our midst.
Struggling in the water, vainly striv
ing to keep our ammunition dry, and
at the same time help our wounded
companions, our position was not very
pleasant. It wai everybody for him
self then. I scrambled up the bank,
and just then a stray shot struck my
leg, and I fell backward into the water.
I caught at the roots of the tree, and
as 1 drew myself up I saw a deep hol
low in its trunk. Wounded as I was
and unable to help my companions, the
best that 1 could do was to crawl into
this holo, and thus I escaped. But oh,
Elsie!”—and Nicholas’ voice quivered
—“it was horrible to hear the red fiends
butchering my friends and neighbors!
After it was all over, they stood there
a few minutes talking over their plans.
Ther did not wish to linger long in the
vicinity of tho fort, and so concluded to
move in a uorthwostcrly direction—up
this way you know, and plunder and
kill all they could. The Tory who led
them spoke about your father, Elsie,
and what fine booty they would find
here. Their words put now life into
me. I determined to hasten here and
warn you. Fortunately, the Indians
were to take a roundabout route, other
wise my attempt would have been use
less. As soon as they were out of
sight I started, and nearly all these
ten miles I have crawled on my hands
and knees. A hundred times I sank
down exhausted; then tho thought of
you nerved me to start again. Had
there been a hot sun I would have beon
overpowered by it; but the rain cooled
and refreshed me, though the dampness
made my limbs stiff. When I reached
the spring I think I must have fainted,
for—”
“Elsie! Elsie!” interrupted Peterkin,
“whon I was upstairs just now, look
ing out of the loophole, I saw two or
threo dark figures steal around the
barn!”
Jut then a loud knock resounded on
the front door.
“They’ve come!” gasped Elsie grasp
ing her lover’s arm.
Ho stooped and kissed her.
“Be brave, sweetheart” he whisper
ed. “God has helped me so far to-day
and I do not believe He will desert us
now. Courage, my Elsio, and we will
make as brave a defense as we can.
Help me upstairs, for if I am placed by
a loophole and Lave one of your fathers
muskets I can make some of the red
skins bite the dust! Hurry!”
Again the loud knock resounded at
tho door.
“I’ll answer,” whispered Nicholas.
“They may think that there is no man
in the house!” and elevating his voice
he called out: “Who’s there?”
“Friends to the king!” was the an
swer, while Nicholas sturdily rejoined:
“We want none such here!”
Fortunately, the door was able to re
sist all attacks made upon it, and at
last the besiegers had to content them
selves with firing at the four windows
in the hopes that a chance shot might
hit some of the inmates. In return,
Elsio and Nicholas fired on the sav
ages with considerable success, al
though the trees iu the yard afforded
shelter to the latter.
Presently all the Indians withdrew
to the other side of the barn.
“They are up to some mischief I’ll
warrant!” said Nicholas uneasily.
“Oh! they’re making a fire! They’re
going to burn the barn!” cried Ilans,
whose sharp eyes had seen the smoke
curling up.
“And that won’t he the worst of it,”
said Nicholas, gravely. “Tho next
thing they’ll do will be to set fire to
the house!” and scarcely had the words
left his lips ere a brawny savage, hear
ing a lighted brand, came from behind
the barn. Another followed him with
a bundle of hav.
Nicholas’ face was grave.
“They’re going to do what I’ve heon
afraid of—build a fire against the front
door. It is perfectly dry, you know,
for the roof projects over it. They
havo the advantage, too, for when they
are there we cannot see to shoot them.
Beside,” still more gravely, “our am
munition is getting low—have you
noticed it?”
“Yes,” said Elsie,with a little chok
ing sob. “Father was intending to get
some more at tho fort this very day
when lie carao home from the mill.”
“Help me down stairs, dearest,” said
Nicholas. “I will stay by the door,
and, believe me, no one shall enter ex
cept over my dead body! Put the load
ed guns beside me.”
Pale and exhausted after his exer
tions, Nicholas reached the lower story,
and there, propped up by cushions, his
eyes glittoring with feverish light and
his hands tightly grasping tho gnns,
ho listened to the movements of the
enemy outside.
A faint smell of smoke crept through
the crevices. The ease seemed desper
ate indeed! And as Elsie beheld her
brave and wounded lover, her courage
ous little brothers and sweet baby-sis
ter sleeping calmnly in spite of the
noise, her heart was torn at the thought
of the fate threatening them!
Seizing one oi the loaded guns, she
hurried up-stairs. In the hope of see
ing a foe she might shoot, she peered
through one of the loopholes, and as
she did so she felt the high heel of her
slipper caught in a hole in one of the
planks of the floor. She stooped to
dislodge her foot, and then some im
pulse made her examine the hole. Ev
idently there had once been a knot in
the timber. This had fallen out and
the rats had gnawed the aperture until
it was considerably larger.
Smoko was curling up through it
and Elsio knew by this that she was
standing just over the place where the
enemy’s fire was kindled, for, as has
been already stated, the upper story of
the house projected over the lower, the
space beneath forming a sort of a porch.
And it waß in this porch that the In
dians were gathered.
“The wretches!” muttered Elsie.
“I can hear what they say 1 Burn us
out, will they ? If I could tear away
a few of these boards without the red
skins knowing it I might fire down
and kill one or two. Ah !” and the
exclamation was jubilant, lor Elsie’s
quick wit had suggested a plan.
Hurrying downstairs, she said to the
boys: “Peterkin, carry my waslitub
upstairs—make no more noise about it
than you can help. Hans come with
me.”
While Peterkin obeyed the command
of his sister, tho latter, with Hans’ aid
began carrying upstairs pailful after
pailful of the boiling hot soap, which
was then poured into the tub waiting
for it.
“Elsie,” whispered Nicholas, as she
passed him on one ol her upward jour
neys—“ Elsie, the door is beginning to
burn ! I can hear the wood crackle !
Asa last resort, when the crash comes,
you take little Liza and the hoys and
rush out the back door ! I will try
and detain the savages as long as I
can, so as to give you a chance. Make
for the river as fast as you can. If
your father’s boat is still there, get iu
it and row across. Keep in the shad
ow and coax Liza so that she won’t
cry. Kiss me good-bye, sweetheart
and may the kind God above watch
over and protect you !”
Elsie stooped and pressed a kiss upon
his pale, pain-wrought face. “Oh,
Nicholas ! I cannot leave you to die
here alone—no, no, not even for the
sake of the children ! Perhaps we may
all he saved ! I have a plan—oh, pray
that it may not fail”-and with one more
passionato embrace Elsie again rushed
up the narrow, oaken stairs.
Reaching the place where the knot
hole was, she knelt down, and with a
small hatchet, began to tear away the
boards. Ere long a faint gleam of the
fire blazing below was seen through the
cracks. Then a little more careful
work and she could see the plumed
heads and copper-colored shoulders of
the dozen savages, who were so intent
upon their task of feeding the fire and
battering the door that none of them
saw the work that was going on over
their heads !
“Elsie,” whispered Peterkin-“Elsie,
Nicholas says that they have nearly
burned aud cut a hole through the
door, and that you must come down
and get ready to flee ! Oh, what’s
that!” as the report of a musket was
heard below.
For Nicholas, seeing that a small
opening had been made in the door,
placed his musket to it and fired a ran
dom shot, which was attended with ex
cellent results, for one of the savageß
fell wounded to the ground.
While the air resounded with the
wrathful yells of the Indians as they
bent over their fallen comrade, Elsie,
with the hoys’ aid, tipped up the tub
ever the hole in the floor, and the next
instant a stream of scalding hot soap
was poured down upon the enemy !
And then what howls of pain!
What mad caperings, as the Indians
vainly strove to free themselves from
the hurning.mass that had on
their heads, shoulders, arms and bod
ies! Everything else was forgotten in
their efforts to ease their pain!
“The river” screamed one, and like
a pack of infuriated animals away they
rushed down tho grassy slope, hoping
to relieve their burns by plunging in
the cold stream. But in this instance
the old saying, “out of the frying-pan
into the fire,” was verified, for, scarce
ly had they reached tho river’s bank,
when they received such a volley of bul
lets that two-thirds of their number fell
to the ground, killed or mortally
wounded.
It was Herr Meyer and a party of
soldier from the fort. They had come
across tho river in boats, and had como
ashore just as the savages came rush
ing down.
“Thank God that we weic in time,”
said Herr Meyer, when, a few minutes
later, he entered the besieged house
and fondly embraced his family.
“Ah, hut you wouldn’t havo been in
time,” said Elsie, lialf-laughing and
half-crying—“you wouldn’t havo been
in timo if it had not been for my kettle
of soft soap.”
Here ami there a Cem.
I saw a vessel which the waves did spare
Lie sadly stranded on a sandy beach,
Beyond the tides kind reach:
Within its murmur of lamenting speech
Long lay she there;
Until at length
A mighty see arose in ail its strength,
And launched here lovingly.
And thus, alas! our race
Lay stranded on the beach of human siu
And misery,
Beyond all help, until God’s
Gracious grace—
A mighty tide
All crimson dyed—
Swept grandly in,
And sot us free: —A. E. Hamilton.
Repentance is remorse that avails.—
Madame Swetchine.
The origin of my faith for this world
below is this: I believe in Him who
made it. —Madame Swetchine.
Thoso who would let anything take
the place of Christianity, must first
abolish all sorrow from the earth.—
Montalembert.
Bo as a little child. Children have
no cares—all is managed for them, and
they rest safe and happy in their fath
er’s care.— St. Fancis de Sales.
We must choose between the ro
mance of man the mysteries of God.
God only reveals himself through
many a veil, hut those veils are not
falsehoods. —Guizot
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the whiskers may be easily made a
permanent,natural brown or black, as
desired.
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